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Taos Ski Valley - NM

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#1 ·
Rode all weekend up here at my local mountain TSV. Ill give a very basic trip report and update this thread with conditions throughout the year, maybe with some pics. Either way here goes.

Went up on thanksgiving, I actually didn't know I was off work until the day before - so it was a great surprise. Got there in the morning, snow was good and not too hard. The backside is open already, which is a good sign for us. About 11:00 or so it started warming up and the runs got very carve-able. Was able to really wind out my new K2 Turbo Dream, and it handles amazingly. I really love that board so far. Either way the snow was gripping hard enough for some very hard carves (hard enough to boot out as I did once, size 11.5 boot on a wide board - so that gives you an idea of how hard i was able to bank.). Just spent all day enjoying the side hits on the way down and carving it up. Very enjoyable. I also rode sat/sun and similar reports from those days. Fri. night we actually got a few inches and it was very good on sat.

So far - great opening year for us southern rocky mtn. riders!

Come ride Taos!
 
#2 ·
Very few people will probably see this, even fewer will probably care. But. POWDER. Such a perfect weekend in knee deep dry pow. Snowed all day friday, ended up hitting about 15" of fresh pow. They opened much of the steep, and some of the west basin (basically hikable backcountry style). Rode powder all day while it was still snowing so the pow never really went away. It snowed all night saturday and I rode on sunday. At that point 26" total had accumulated. Sunday was just epic. Rode a bunch of steep tree runs in knee-waist deep conditions, I tell you all this with honesty, THIS IS SO GOOD FOR PRE SEASON!.

Please let this snow keep up.

The good board-lord has blessed us.
 
#3 ·
Sweet! Arizona used to be my home and I rode frequently at Arizona Snowbowl and Sunrise over near the NM border. I am considering an oilfield job down near Artesia New Mexico so I could end up down that way and its good to see the southwest getting some much needed moisture....:thumbsup:
Awesome! Artesia is pretty far south, so I don't know much about the area. But i do love NM. I feel like being this far north is the perfect spot. I'm still in the rockies, we get DRY CO snow, steep ass runs, 12k tall peaks to hike, 3,274 feet vertical drop, but all with NM cost of living. I hope you will come ride Taos if you move out this way, that goes for anyone on the forum. Let me know if you want to ride!
 
#4 ·
Great to hear Taos is getting snow and that this weekend was so epic. Still have not ridden there since they opened up to snowboards due to being a poor college kid and a season ending injury.

Hoping to pull the trigger on a season pass in the next week or two, getting tried of day tripping Wolf Creek.
 
#13 ·
Nothing good. I heard ruidoso might have gotten a dusting from the last storm, but have yet to check it out. As far as northern NM i rode sipapu opening day(they open before taos) and it was.. alright. Better than the last few years on opening day. Angelfire didn't get much from that storm, taos got 26" storm total and i think angelfire got like 6" or so. Taos is where it's at. Taos and wolf creek have the best snow around right now.
 
#17 ·
Its snowing here in taos as I type this. The forecast is saying 20+ inches in the next 3 days for this storm. Then more snow on saturday/sunday as well. I am the epitome of stoked right now.

Maybe some of this will keep going south and hit ruidoso, but i really have no clue.
 
#18 ·
Looks like it is going to be a powder day at sandia on Wednesday when they open, forecast predicts around 16". Went there on Sunday and the snow wasn't bad. I think it's going to snow 16" on top of the 6" that already snowed today. Needless to say I'm super stoked. I'm going be catching the first tram up fer sureee.
 
#23 ·
Santa fe? Awesome my friend, im sure it will be sick. However... Taos is where it's at! We just got 16 inches and its still dumping on the mountain(im watching the web cam). Come ride some STEEP. ;) . Either way you will enjoy your self. Have fun, ride safe brother.
 
#26 ·
I just got back from riding Taos all day. 18" more fresh pow, untouched(in some places it was 2+ feet) from this last storm. The mountain was closed from monday until this thursay and its been dumping since mon. night. Got there early for first chair- rode some of the best shit I have ridden in a while. There was hardly anybody there because it was a thursday(i might have played hookie from work), It was extremely deep everywhere, my k2 turbo dream floated effortlessly. We hiked the ridge several times, tore up some of the chutes in the west basin. Rode through some tree runs on the highline ridge. Can't wait for kachina(the main peak around here) to open so I can hike it. I gapped off this cornice over a rock, unfortunately my brother took my same line without enough speed an blew up his board. He was riding a 2010 flow Era, and i must say that board had held up to some shit. That was a downside, but it was so powdery he rode the rest of the day on the blown up board.


From 9:00 am first chair until 4:00 pm I rode nothing but perfect pow lines. Taos is so epic right now guys, it could make me cry. :laugh:

I think i may have a shitty iphone picture or two from one of the hikes, but we were mostly hard charging all day not thinking about such things.
 
#29 ·
Got back last night from Santa fe, rode all day thursday i woulda drove to tao if i had an extra day but as it is im tired of driving, also took a bad fall at the end of the day caught my edge and flipped a few times then faceplanted im glad that the snow was hella soft. Sante fe was awesome, it was sunny warm and that snow was still powdery soft had one of my best days in a long time. Northern New Mexico is where its at, i'm gonna make another trip out that way 2nd week of january when things slow down at work i cant wait. Glad the rest of you had a blast at your mountains this week nothing like a day on the mountain.
 
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